Jun 24, 2013

BLONDIE Announces Autumn Tour Dates

MUSIC NEWS - Blondie has announced another series of concert dates, returning to the road this fall for their “No Principals Tour” with special guest X. Set to kick off September 5th, the band will hit USA cities including Atlantic City, Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Anaheim, Austin, and Philadelphia before wrapping October 4 with a homecoming show in New York City at Roseland Ballroom. And, each ticket purchased for the tour will include five exclusive new Blondie tracks from the forthcoming album, due for release later this year. The song titles are: “Make A Way,” “Drag You Around,” “Can't Stop Wanting,” “A Rose By Any Name,” and “I Screwed Up.”

All shows are on sale new, but note the Dallas State Fair show which is free with the price of fair admission, and the Nashville, TN show goes on sale July 12th. Nashville, TN, pre-sale begins July 11th.

In 2011, Debbie Harry, Clem Burke and Chris Stein along with newer Blondie band members Leigh Foxx, Tommy Kessler and Matt Katz-Bohen released their ninth critically acclaimed studio album Panic of Girls. 2014 will mark the band’s 40th anniversary.

X features the original line-up of John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, and D.J. Bonebrake. On September 3rdX will release a vinyl 12” four-L.P. Limited Edition Collectors Box Set with a booklet forward authored by the late, great Ray Manzarek. It will feature Los Angeles, Wild Gift, Under the Big Black Sun and More Fun in the New World, two of which appear on Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.